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Virginia middle school is first institutional structure in the U.S. designed to rigorous Passive House standards.

By Chris Pickering
May 26, 2011
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The Center for Energy Efficient Design (CEED), a Franklin County Public School located in Rocky Mount, Va. and designed and built by Structures Design/Build, is unlike any other school in the nation. Designed and built according to Passive House (or Passivhaus) standards, the world’s highest standards in energy efficient construction, the CEED serves as a hands-on education facility to teach students and the community about green building technologies.

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